Study of the transfer behavior of herdsmen’s grasslands in East Ujimqin Banner

To enhance herdsmen’s acceptance of grassland circulation, it is necessary to promote the large-scale management of pastures in pastoral areas. Applying a binary Logistic model and stepwise regression, this study empirically analyzed the influencing factors of grassland transfer behavior and scale of herdsmen’s holdings in East Ujimqin Banner, and studied them from four aspects: individual characteristics, family characteristics, resource characteristics, and pasture characteristics. The results show that the grassland in pastoral areas has begun to circulate. The circulation of grassland primarily takes place within the collective economic organization, and is thus concentrated in the hands of scattered herdsmen. The herders who hold concentrations of various resources tend to turn to grassland. The scale of grassland transfer is affected by several variables. Therefore, measures should be taken to gradually promote the market for the transfer of contracted management rights of pastoral grasslands. These include improving relevant security system for transfer households, better publicity of the contracted management rights of the grasslands and raising awareness among the herdsmen. These measures may increase investment in education and foster new types of large-scale enterprises.